9:11 PM,
Feb. 24, 2013

Violence made his mark by winning the Grade I CashCall Futurity in December at Hollywood Park.

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Violence, the top-ranked horse in The Courier-Journal's Kentucky Derby poll, is off the Triple Crown campaign after sustaining a fractured sesamoid in his right front ankle after finishing second in Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla..

In a statement, trainer Todd Pletcher said Violence will ship to owner Steven Marshall's Black Rock Stable's Farm in Versailles, Ky., this week for further evaluation and recuperation.

It was Violence's first career defeat after going 3 for 3 last year, capped by victory in the Grade I CashCall ...